Kanazawa Problem 34 / Solution

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White lives

This move, making nice shape (see OkiWantsIkkenTobi), captures BC and simultaneously protects against the placement at a. Any other move would allow Black either to capture two stones or to place a stone at a, connect it and reduce White to one eye.

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Main line

All in all, this is a familiar line of play. Black can't connect at W5 because of shortage of liberties


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Variation 1

Because of the circled liberty, White can descend to W5, because Black's play at a is not atari.


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Variation 2

Hmmm. This variation is probably even not worth giving. Anyway, it is important for White to answer B2 at W3.


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Wrong 1

at first this also seems to work, but the switch at B8 is a wrecking move.


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